14-103. AUTHORITY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT — PROCUREMENT OF LETTERS. When a county treasurer is entitled to administer an estate as public administrator, prior to appointment he is authorized to act on behalf of the estate to identify, secure, protect and take charge of all tangible and intangible assets, including incurring reasonable expenses for those purposes, provided that no disbursement from or liquidation of such assets shall be made prior to issuance of letters of administration. Whenever a public administrator takes charge of an estate which he is entitled to administer without letters of administration being issued, or by order of the court, he must, with all convenient dispatch, procure letters of administration thereon. No notice of application for letters by a public administrator is necessary, and his official bond and oath are in lieu of the personal representative’s bond and oath, but when real estate is ordered to be sold, another bond may be required by the court.
History:
[(14-103) R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 5682; C.S., sec. 7777; I.C.A., sec. 15-1603; am. 1971, ch. 111, secs. 6, 14, p. 233; am. 1999, ch. 104, sec. 1, p. 329.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 14 - ESTATES OF DECEDENTS
Chapter 1 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
Section 14-101 - COUNTY TREASURER AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — OATH AND BOND — NEW OR ADDITIONAL BOND.
Section 14-102 - ESTATES TO BE ADMINISTERED.
Section 14-103 - AUTHORITY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT — PROCUREMENT OF LETTERS.
Section 14-104 - DEATH OF INTESTATE STRANGER — PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TO BE NOTIFIED.
Section 14-105 - INVENTORY BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — PROCEDURES AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL.
Section 14-106 - DELIVERY OF ESTATE TO EXECUTOR.
Section 14-107 - OFFICIALS TO NOTIFY ADMINISTRATOR OF DECEDENT’S PROPERTY.
Section 14-108 - SUITS TO RECOVER PROPERTY.
Section 14-109 - EXAMINATION OF ALLEGED EMBEZZLERS.
Section 14-110 - CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION — CONTEMPT.
Section 14-111 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — COURT MAY REQUIRE ACCOUNT.
Section 14-112 - RETURNS BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-113 - UNCLAIMED MONEYS — PAYMENT INTO PUBLIC SCHOOL PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND — ESCHEAT.
Section 14-114 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR — RESTRICTION ON INTEREST IN AFFAIRS OF ESTATE.
Section 14-115 - PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-116 - PROVISIONS OF PROBATE CODE — APPLICATION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-118 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Section 14-119 - EFFECT OF DISCOVERY OF HEIR.
Section 14-120 - COSTS AND FEES ALLOWED WHERE HEIR OR CREDITORS REFUSE TO ADMINISTER ESTATE.